I have striven with all the intensity in me to live and exemplify that selfless love, that unconditional love, which God’s word requires. The only thing I can say right now is that it is costly. This same self-giving love cost our savior His life and for a while it cost Him heaven. It has not cost me my life nor heaven but it has cost me. To be certain I am far richer than when I began but I am shaken. I have grown immensely, but as with any striving, it takes its toll and I am tired.

Love is patient and kind in a way that disarms our human desire to have our own way. Love is not boastful or proud but rather securely rooted and confident. Love is not self-seeking but rather, other-centered. I must confess I choked on this idea. I read it and thought, “Let’s see what this looks like.” Believe me it looks good. Better than looking good it is good—but it is costly.

I have come to think that there are allegiances but no degrees within love.

There are duties that dictate priorities but no favoritism in love.

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